Rice noodle salad with quick kimchee recipe

Name: Rice noodle salad with quick kimchee
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: large handful beansprouts; 1 x 375g bag ready-cooked rice noodles; 1 x 160g pack cooked and peeled king prawns; 150g cooked edamame or soya beans; 4 spring onions, shredded; 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks; 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar; ¼ Chinese cabbage, halved lengthways; 2 tbsp chilli sauce; 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp fish sauce

Try your hand making this colourful and crunchy Asian salad, bursting with vegetables and hearty rice noodles, served alongside a speedy and fiery kimchee which packs a punch.

See method

Serves 4
5 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook
421 calories / serving

Gluten-free
Healthy

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Tesco Beansprouts 300G
STIR FRY Meal Deal for £5 Clubcard Price - Buy 1 Stir Fry Protein, 1 Noodle Or Rice, 1 Sauce & 1 Vegetable Bag
Offer valid for delivery from 29/12/2025 until 31/12/2026
large handful beansprouts
£0.85
£2.83/kg
Tesco Boil In The Bag Long Grain Rice 4 X 125G
1 x 375g bag ready-cooked rice noodles
£1.25
£2.50/kg
Tesco Cooked And Peeled King Prawns 150G
1 x 160g pack cooked and peeled king prawns
£3.50
£23.33/kg
Tesco Edamame Beans 150G
Any 3 for 2 Clubcard Price - Cheapest Product Free - Selected Vegetables 80g - 800g
Offer valid for delivery from 28/07/2026 until 28/07/2027
150g cooked edamame or soya beans
£1.50
£10.00/kg
Tesco Bunched Spring Onions 100G
4 spring onions, shredded
£0.69
£6.90/kg
Tesco Carrots Loose
Aldi Price Match
1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
£0.11
£0.69/kg
Tesco Sesame Seeds 100G
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2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
£1.20
£12.00/kg
Stockwell & Co Honey 340G
Aldi Price Match
1 tbsp honey
£0.74
£2.18/kg
Tesco Toasted Sesame Oil 250Ml
2 tsp sesame oil
£2.65
£10.60/litre
Tesco Rice Wine Vinegar 150Ml
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
£2.25
£15.00/litre
Tesco Chinese Leaf Each
£1.10 Clubcard Price
(£1.10/each)
Offer valid for delivery from 06/10/2026 until 19/10/2026
¼ Chinese cabbage, halved lengthways
£1.45
£1.45/each
Tesco Sriracha Chilli Sauce 285G
2 tbsp chilli sauce
£2.40
£8.42/kg
Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150Ml
1 tsp fish sauce
£1.85
£12.33/litre

Method

To make the kimchee, blanch the cabbage in a pan of boiling salted water for 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon (reserving the cooking water) and refresh under cold running water; drain well. Set aside on kitchen paper for 2-3 minutes, until completely dry, then cut into bite-sized pieces.
In a large bowl, whisk together the chilli sauce, sesame oil and fish sauce. Add the chopped cabbage and stir until well coated. Cover and set aside.
Meanwhile, tip the beansprouts and noodles into the reserved boiling water and cook for 1 minute. Drain, refresh under cold water and drain again.
In a large serving bowl, combine the beansprouts, noodles, prawns, beans, spring onions and carrot. Scatter over most of the sesame seeds (reserving 1 tsp to garnish the salad) and toss to combine.
In a bowl, whisk the honey, sesame oil and rice wine vinegar to make a dressing. Pour it over the salad; toss to coat. Scatter over the reserved sesame seeds and serve with the kimchee.